Table 1.
Personality test | Control | IBS | IBS vs control | Reference- population [18-20] |
STAI X2 | 34.8 ± 6.1 | 41.3 ± 11.0 | P = 0.17 | 35.7 ± 9.4 |
BDI | 5.4 ± 5.3 | 8.7 ± 4.4 | P = 0.19 | 6.5 ± 5.2 |
NEO: Neuroticism | 1.7 ± 0.5 | 2.2 ± 0.6 | P = 0.11 | 1.8 ± 0.7 |
NEO: Extroversion | 2.8 ± 0.4 | 2.6 ± 0.3 | P = 0.24 | 2.4 ± 0.6 |
NEO: Openness to experience | 2.5 ± 0.5 | 2.4 ± 0.3 | P = 0.73 | 2.7 ± 0.5 |
NEO: Agreeableness | 2.4 ± 0.6 | 2.4 ± 0.3 | P = 0.81 | 2.4 ± 0.5 |
NEO: Consciousness | 3.0 ± 0.6 | 3.2 ± 0.5 | P = 0.46 | 2.6 ± 0.6 |
STAI=State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory, with X2=Trait-Anxiety Subtest, BDI= Beck’s Depression Index, NEO= NEO-Five-Factor-Inventory